| Summary: | plantation n . . . if this [Newfoundland Fishery] were solely in the Hands of Her Subjects . . . it would not only employ the ships we have at present in this Trade, but also as many more as the _French_ have now in it; that the same Advantages which they now reap, would then return to us; that the number of Mariners Bred up yearly by this fishery, which now annoy us, would then defend us; which now invade us, destroy our Plantations, and rob our Merchants, would then become our security and protection . . . WJ K 12/69 JH 12/69 PRINTED ITEM Used I Used I Not used
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